Verse 30

I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding.

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  • Job 4:8 : 8 Even as I have seen, those who plow iniquity and sow wickedness reap the same.
  • Job 5:27 : 27 Behold this, we have searched it out, it is true; hear it, and know it for your good.
  • Job 15:17 : 17 I will show you, hear me; and that which I have seen I will declare:
  • Eccl 8:9-9 : 9 All this I have seen, and applied my heart to every work that is done under the sun; there is a time when one man rules over another to his own harm. 10 Then I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the place of the holy, and they were forgotten in the city where they had done so. This also is vanity. 11 Because the sentence against an evil work is not executed quickly, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.
  • Ps 37:25 : 25 I have been young, and now am old; yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his descendants begging bread.
  • Ps 107:42 : 42 The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop its mouth.
  • Prov 6:6-9 : 6 Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: 7 Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, 8 Provides her food in the summer, and gathers her food in the harvest. 9 How long will you sleep, O sluggard? when will you arise out of your sleep? 10 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: 11 So shall your poverty come upon you like a traveler, and your need like an armed man. 12 A worthless person, a wicked man, walks with a perverse mouth. 13 He winks with his eyes, he speaks with his feet, he teaches with his fingers; 14 Perversity is in his heart, he devises mischief continually; he sows discord. 15 Therefore his calamity shall come suddenly; suddenly he shall be broken without remedy. 16 These six things the LORD hates: yes, seven are an abomination to him: 17 A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, 18 A heart that devises wicked imaginations, feet that are swift in running to mischief, 19 A false witness who speaks lies, and one who sows discord among brethren.
  • Prov 6:32 : 32 But whoever commits adultery with a woman lacks understanding: he who does it destroys his own soul.
  • Prov 10:13 : 13 In the lips of one who has understanding, wisdom is found, but a rod is for the back of one who is void of understanding.
  • Prov 12:11 : 11 He who tills his land will be satisfied with bread, but he who follows vain persons is void of understanding.
  • Eccl 4:1-8 : 1 So I returned and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold, the tears of those who were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power, but they had no comforter. 2 Therefore I praised the dead who are already dead more than the living who are yet alive. 3 Yes, better is he than both, who has not yet been, who has not seen the evil work that is done under the sun. 4 Again, I considered all the toil and every right work, that for this a man is envied by his neighbor. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit. 5 The fool folds his hands together, and eats his own flesh. 6 Better is a handful with quietness than both hands full, with toil and vexation of spirit. 7 Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun. 8 There is one alone, without a second; yes, he has neither child nor brother, yet there is no end to all his labor, nor is his eye satisfied with riches, nor does he ask, 'For whom do I labor and deprive my soul of good?' This is also vanity, yes, it is a grievous toil.
  • Eccl 7:15 : 15 All things have I seen in the days of my vanity; there is a just man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who prolongs his life in his wickedness.